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Book X
Chapter 1
Understanding
Project Server
What Is Project Server?
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Project managers can receive updates to tasks and status reports from team
members. Project managers also can use the Global Resource Pool when
assigning resources while setting up new projects or tasks within an existing
project. The Global Resource Pool helps project and resource managers
avoid overallocating resources and also contains a matching feature you can
use to match the skills you need for a task to a person in the resource pool
with those skills. Chapter 3 of this minibook describes how a project man-
ager might use the Project Server database.
Clearly, security becomes a serious issue when you decide to place all the
information about your organization’s work into a central repository. Not
only do you need to secure the LAN or intranet from the outside world, but
you also need to secure the various projects within the Project Server data-
base because everybody doesn’t need to see everything. In fact, two team
members working on the same project might need access to different infor-
mation. Along with other jobs, the Project Server administrator sets up the
Project Server database security. The Project Server administrator doesn’t
typically decide that John gets to see financial data and Mary doesn’t;
instead, the Project Server administrator works with others within the
organization to develop security profiles that describe the varying levels of
security needed in your organization. And, the Project Server administrator
Figure 1-1:
A typical
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